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You can have natural gas backup generating capacity equal to most demand--but which is used only a few days a year. This 95% Green solution is going to be a lot
by pasttense01 7y ago
You can have natural gas backup generating capacity equal to most demand--but which is used only a few days a year. This 95% Green solution is going to be a lot cheaper and more reliable than a 100% Green solution.
- strainer 7y agoThere is no good reason to expect the ¨last 5%¨ of demand will be more economically met by the next generation of nuclear plants - than by the generation of renewable tech which will be developed by the time it is already supplying the other 95% ;)
- speedplane 7y ago> This 95% Green solution is going to be a lot cheaper and more reliable than a 100% Green solution. Right now our energy is roughly 5-10% green. Arguing whether green energy should eventually be 95% or 100% is purely pedantic at this point. There is approximately 95% of common ground between green energy purists and pragmatists. Lets get in line.
- scarejunba 7y agoCalifornia's over 40% on solar+hydro+wind+geothermal.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoWho downvotes facts? https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/total_system_power.html https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/total_sys... Large Hydro 10.68% Renewables (including geothermal, solar, and wind) 31.36% Nuclear 9%
- jeffrallen 7y ago"I refuse your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage, a man ahead of his time.
- manfredo 7y agoSure, but the problem is most demand occurs when intermittent sources do not produce energy. This plan really aims for about 40% green energy not 95% green energy. Hence why Germany's emissions have remained flat despite large increases in solar and wind generation.